Why you'd want to live in Russell
Located 20 minutes south-east of Ottawa, Russell serves a vibrant, caring, bilingual and growing population of approximately 5500 people that includes primarily young families. Russell also has a significant number of schools for its size – English Catholic Elementary (Mother Teresa Catholic School) and Secondary (St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School), English Public Elementary and Secondary (Russell High School) and French Elementary school (École Saint-Joseph). Russell has a summer swimming pool, a skating arena, a library, an all-weather running track and a curling rink. In 2018, MoneySense.ca ranked Russell Township as the 3rd best place in Ontario to raise a family, and the 3rd best place to live in Canada! via https://www.russell.ca/